IT Audit manager

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s Internal Audit function with global coverage. As an IT Internal Audit Manager, you will conduct organizationally strategic and complex IT, Cybersecurity, and SAP audits in a challenging environment, and contribute to the design and delivery of ongoing improvement initiatives. The position may also include special reviews and assignments requested by Top Management.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role requiring an experienced, resolution-oriented professional who can work effectively within global structures and across all levels of the business.

Remote work: This position can be fulfilled completely remotely in Europe (subject to compliance with the organization’s work-from-home rules). Physical location is less important than skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the IT and Cybersecurity audit universe and risk control matrix
• Conduct global IT and Cybersecurity risk assessments and provide inputs to the audit plan to address identified risks
• Partner with IT, Cybersecurity, SAP communities, Internal Audit, ERM, and internal control teams to ensure the IT/Cybersecurity/SAP risk assessment processes and controls framework are robust and effective
• Lead IT/Cybersecurity/SAP audits, special request audits, advisory engagements, IT/Cybersecurity/SAP process reviews, and follow-up audits
• Develop individual IT/Cybersecurity/SAP audit plans and engagement-specific planning documentation
• Manage all phases of IT/Cybersecurity/SAP internal audit engagements, including coordination with functional management personnel and outsourced audit personnel
• Partner with business process owners to recommend optimal solutions that strengthen controls and increase efficiency, taking into account different cultures and business practices across locations
• Take a leading role in developing new or amended IT/Cybersecurity/SAP audit processes, innovative ways of working, and new approaches for reviewing risk and control issues, including AI adoption
• Support compliance efforts, including providing technical knowledge support and managing testing of controls
• Maintain and improve technical and general business awareness by staying current with Information Technology, IT Security and Cybersecurity, and internal audit standards and procedures

Requirements

• Hands-on, proactive, and experienced IT Audit Manager with very high integrity and a “can-do” attitude
• Demonstrated ownership and the ability to independently deliver assigned engagements and tasks timely and with quality
• Continuous improvement mindset, including the ability to capture lessons learned from engagements and propose improvements
• Leadership capability to lead engagement teams and assigned projects, and to identify and resolve issues
• Experience interacting with Senior Management and demonstrated ability to build strong global relationships across organizations
• Experience working with people from diverse backgrounds, demonstrating respect for and understanding of cultural differences
• Excellent written and spoken English, with highly developed communication skills to motivate, influence, and negotiate, and to challenge at a senior level when necessary
• Ability and willingness to be flexible in supporting the team, including tasks execution and knowledge sharing
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Technologies, Business Administration, Finance, Management or Engineering
• Minimum 10 years of previous experience in external and/or internal IT audit

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Other professional certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or CIA
• Proven knowledge of common IT/Cybersecurity and AI standards such as COBIT, ITIL, NIST, ISO/IEC 27000, EU AI Act
• Excellent MS Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI)
• Knowledge of PowerAutomate and SAP
• Data literacy skills: ability to populate, read, understand, and analyze data from various sources to reach meaningful conclusions
• Understanding of the Energy Industry

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• Warsaw, Masovian, Poland
• Remote: Can be fulfilled completely remotely in Europe (subject to compliance with work-from-home rules).